Antoine Fattal

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Antoine Fattal (d. 1987) was a Lebanese Maronite Professor of Law, whose Le Statut Legal de Musulmans en Pays d'Islam is still the benchmark analysis of non—Muslims (especially Christians and Jews) living under Sharia. He also wrote Le Statut légal des non-Musulmans en pays d'Islam, which is a seminal work describing termed "dhimmitude," the legal status of non-Muslims vanquished by jihad and living under Islamic law.